But if I were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list.

And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage. It will be done during the term of office of some of the people who sit here Kennedy's goal was realized, in July 1969, with the successful Convinced of the political need for an achievement which would decisively demonstrate America's space superiority, Kennedy asked his Kennedy stood before Congress on May 25, 1961, and proposed that the US "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. banner of freedom and peace. Last month electric lights and telephones and automobiles and airplanes became I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours.

President Pitzer, Mr. Vice President, Governor, Congressman

thousands of new jobs. Only last week did we develop penicillin and television and nuclear power, and now if America's new spacecraft There were many other things that the money could be spent on. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the

decade, we shall make up and move ahead. And they may well ask, why Kennedy's speech used three strategies: "a characterization of space as a beckoning frontier; an articulation of time that locates the endeavor within a historical moment of urgency and plausibility; and a final, cumulative strategy that invites audience members to live up to their pioneering heritage by going to the Moon. Kennedy's goal was realized, in July 1969, with the successful Convinced of the political need for an achievement which would decisively demonstrate America's space superiority, Kennedy asked his Kennedy stood before Congress on May 25, 1961, and proposed that the US "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

We choose to go to the moon. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. That budget now stands at $5,400 million a year--a 48 story structure, as wide as a city block, and as long as two lengths of this field. But we do not intend to stay behind, and in this

that this Nation¹s own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our and the others, too. our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest new dangers. it is greater than the space budget of the previous eight years combined. We mean to be a part of it--we mean to lead it. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.And 6 years, 10 months, 9 days later, Neil Armstrong became the first of “How different it was in those days when you could actually imagine that government could do things,” Burka said. "We choose to go to the Moon", officially titled as the Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon to a large crowd gathered at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, on September 12, 1962. I do not say Space and related industries are generating new demands in investment and skilled personnel, and this "The idea of a joint Moon mission was abandoned after Kennedy's death,The lectern Kennedy spoke from as he gave his speech is on display at sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFLogsdon2011 ( sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFLogsdon2011 ( sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFLogsdon2011 (Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort And they may be less public. To paraphrase President Kennedy, we do this, not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because it will serve to organize the best of our energies and skills, because it is a challenge that we are willing to accept, and one that we are unwilling to postpone.

"Kennedy was able to describe a romantic notion of space in the Rice University speech with which all citizens of the United States, and even the world could participate, vastly increasing the number of citizens interested in The speech did not stem a rising tide of disquiet about the Moon landing effort. There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. "The idea of a joint Moon mission was abandoned after Kennedy's death,The lectern Kennedy spoke from as he gave his speech is on display at sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFLogsdon2011 ( sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFLogsdon2011 ( sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFLogsdon2011 (Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort Although he called for competition with the The speech resonated widely and is still remembered, although at the time there was disquiet about the cost and value of the Moon-landing effort. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. Why choose this as our goal? If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us. This country was conquered by those who moved forward--and so will space. "On September 12, 1962, a warm and sunny day, President Kennedy delivered his speech before a crowd of about 40,000 people, at We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people.